(1567–1643) Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi Works: • L’Orfeo (1607) • Madrigali (Libro VII) • Magnificat a sei voci (1610) Monteverdi’s tomb in the Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. Born May 9 1567 Cremona (Italia) Died November 29 1643 Venezia (Italia)…
(1801–1835) Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini Works: • Il pirata (1827) • La sonnambula (1831) • Norma (1833) • I puritani (1835) Born November 3 1801 Catania (Italia) Died September 23 1835 Puteaux (France) Buried (1835-1876) Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris) Buried…
(1797–1848) Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti Works: • Anna Bolena (1830) • Don Pasquale (1843) • La Favorite (1840) • La Fille du régiment (1840) • L’elisir d’amore (1832) • Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) • Lucrezia Borgia (1833) • Maria Stuarda…
(1813–1901) Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi Works: • Aida (1871) • Attila (1846) • Don Carlos (1867) • Ernani (1844) • Falstaff (1893) • I due Foscari (1844) • Giovanna d’Arco (1845) • I Lombardi (1843) • Il corsaro (1848) •…
(1834–1886) Works: • Danza delle ore (1876) • La Gioconda (1876) Born August 31 1834 Paderno Fasolaro, now Paderno Ponchielli (Italia) Died January 16 1886 Milano (Italia) Cause of death Pneumonia Buried Cimitero Monumentale (Milano) Pupil Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Occupation Composer Conductor…
(1858–1924) Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Puccini Works: • Edgar (1889) • Gianni Schicchi (1918) • Il tabarro (1918) • Il Trittico: Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi (1918) • La Bohème (1896) • La fanciulla del West (1910) •…
(1792–1868) Giovacchino Antonio Rossini Works: • Guglielmo Tell (1829) • Il barbiere di Siviglia (1816) • Il turco in Italia (1814) • La Cenerentola (1817) • La gazza ladra (1817) • Le Comte Ory (1828) • L’italiana in Algeri (1813)…
(1811–1886) Liszt Ferenc Works: • A Faust Symphonie (1857) • Années de pèlerinage (1842) • Christus (1872) • Danse macabre (1865) • Dante Symphony (1857) • Études d’exécution transcendante (1852) • Fantasy and Fugue on the name “B.A.C.H.” (1856) •…
(1431–1503) Roderic Llançol de Borja, Rodrigo Borgia Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503) Alexander VI in Art: Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente c.1480 National Gallery, London Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Jacopo Pesaro presentato a san Pietro da papa Alessandro VI 1506–1510 Koninklijk Museum…
(1599–1641) Antoon van Dyck Anthonie Vandyke The artist’s works: Portrait of a Married Couple c.1617–1618 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Betrayal of Christ c.1618–1620 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna c.1618–1620 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest The Betrayal of…